No algae for your garden

The Museum Reach of the San Antonio River produces tons of algae a week and it all goes to the landfill. Pictured at right is one of the barges work crews use to attack the green masses with a small pile from their morning’s work.

Although its high nitrogen content makes the green goo a great addition to compost, the city and the San Antonio River Authority are not set to do anything with it other than put it into a garbage bin to dry out and then haul it to the landfill. It is not available for the public to use.

The problem may not exist in the near future as the River Authority is about to try out a new herbicide that should bleach out and kill most of the algae.